by Rob Diaz | Aug 8, 2008 | General Fiction, Humorous, Prompted, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “A Failed Proposal” prompt) “I’d like to propose a toast,” said Greg as he watched the reception attendees stepping and twirling their way around the dance floor. “You?” said Julie, barely suppressing the spit take that...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 5, 2008 | General Fiction, Short Stories, Unedited
It was a cold and rainy day, as we knew it would be. It was always cold and rainy whenever we made plans to go to the beach. I was rather bummed by this because I had tried so hard to make everything different this time, better this time, perhaps drier and warmer...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 3, 2008 | Edited, General Fiction, Short Stories
He stepped outside on the cool, gray morning and felt the misty wet air attack his skin. The sound of the highway off in the distance was just a low hum, barely audible compared to the sounds of the animals in the yard. As he walked to the road to get the daily paper,...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 1, 2008 | Vacation
We awoke and ate breakfast early so that we could pack up and get on our way before checkout time at 11. I was anxious, given my extreme hatred of traveling. That coupled with the fact that The Wife can’t stand having me around when there’s packing to do caused the...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 30, 2008 | Vacation
Today was the big day. The big finale. The big trip to the Magic Kingdom, the Mecca of all things Disney. We drove up under the big Walt Disney World archway and found our way to the line to pay our parking tithe and made our way into the parking lot and eventually...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 29, 2008 | Vacation
Today we headed out to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which the kids had been chomping at the bit to do all week. Largely, this was in anticipation of getting on the Toy Story Mania ride/adventure/event. So, we arrived at the park and waited in line to pay for the...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 28, 2008 | Vacation
Today we started the day out at Epcot again, to finish up the couple of countries and the couple of rides we didn’t get to initially thanks to the daily rain storms. So, off to the park we wandered and once inside we headed East (we did the Western route the other...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 27, 2008 | Vacation
Today we met up with The Girl’s friend from school and her family, the Reeds, in Sea World. We had talked the day before and would meet around 10 near the dolphin feeding area. So we waited there and got a call that they were stuck in line to feed the dolphins, so how...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 26, 2008 | Vacation
We started the day by taking a little swim in the pool. This has to be the smallest pool I’ve ever seen at a large complex like this. But, it’s not a problem, really. The water was at least as warm as the air, so there was not much in the way of cooling off going on...
by Rob Diaz | Jun 25, 2008 | Vacation
We got a little bit of a late start to the day today, due largely to the fact that we spent the morning preparing for the remainder of the week. Once we finally got ourselves out and about after a tasty and nutritious breakfast of pop tarts, which were the only thing...
